The role of a CFO will witness a paradigm shift over the next decade. Much like how sales organization has changed fundamentally with technology now at the front and center of sales processes, tooling will start to play a more significant role in how CFOs operate. At Vertex Ventures, we…

In more ways than one, 2021 was a seminal year. There were the well-covered headlines: Indian Startups Raised more than US$ 38 billion, 43 startups turned unicorn during the year, et al. The thing that fascinated me the most was the overall improvement in financial metrics across the ecosystem. Sure…

I think the year ending March 2018 will remain probably among the most seminal when future generations look back at India’s economic growth. During the year, India added nearly 240 million internet users. The user base more than doubled to 440 million. …

Healthcare Delivery and our Investment in Ayu Health Writing about the healthcare delivery ecosystem in India as the country comes out of its worst health crisis in modern history can be a bit daunting. However, in a way, I think it is also an opportune time to take a step…

In Part 1, we shared some context around the evolution of modern data stack. In this part, we take a crystal ball approach towards predicting how the data space will evolve from here. …

The fact that we are dealing with an explosion of data all around us is not lost on anyone. A lot of time in board meetings is spent on ‘data strategy’. Are you an offline retailer? Your board is bound to deliberate how you leverage your data to get ahead…

As investors, we draw several lists — companies we really want to invest in, companies in our anti-portfolio, companies we think are getting way too much hype, you name it. This year, I wanted to start off by curating a different kind of a list and reached out to a…

When I first met Varun, the co-founder at Hansel, his opening line was: “At any time, there are over a thousand versions of the Facebook experience running simultaneously, dynamically personalized to user groups segmented in real time.” This made perfect sense. After all, Facebook is a personalization company at its…